2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season
# 2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season

The 2016 season will be KR's 102nd season in Úrvalsdeild and their 38th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.

Along with the Úrvalsdeild, the club also compete in the Lengjubikarinn, the Borgunarbikarinn and the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League where they entered in the first qualifying round.

Bjarni Guðjónsson will head coach the team for the second season running. He will be assisted by former KR striker Guðmundur Benediktsson.

On 21 April KR won the Icelandic League Cup, Lengjubikarinn, with a 2–0 win against Víkingur R.

On 25 May KR lost to Selfoss in the 3rd round of the Icelandic Cup, Borgunarbikarinn. This was the first time that the team did not qualify through to the 4th round.

## First team

### Current squad

    As of 22 April 2016. These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn, Lengjubikarinn, Europa League

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ISL | Stefán Logi Magnússon |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Morten Beck |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Ástbjörn Þórðarson |
| 4 | MF | DEN | Michael Præst |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson |
| 7 | DF | ISL | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Finnur Orri Margeirsson |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (Vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Morten Beck Andersen |
| 13 | GK | ISL | Sindri Snær Jensson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ISL | Indriði Sigurðsson (Captain) |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Kennie Chopart |
| 18 | DF | ISL | Aron Bjarki Jóspesson |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Denis Fazlagic |
| 21 | MF | ISL | Atli Hrafn Andrason |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Óskar Örn Hauksson |
| 23 | FW | ISL | Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason |
| 24 | MF | ISL | Valtýr Már Michaelsson |
| 28 | MF | ISL | Óliver Dagur Thorlacius |
| 30 | FW | ISL | Axel Sigurðarson |
| — | DF | ISL | Kjartan Franklín Magnús |

## Transfers and loans

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 October 2015 | DF | 16 | Indriði Sigurðsson | Viking FK |
| 16 October 2015 | MF | 4 | Michael Præst | Stjarnan |
| 2 December 2015 | MF | 8 | Finnur Orri Margeirsson | Lillestrøm SK |
| 3 February 2016 | FW | 17 | Kennie Chopart | Fjölnir |
| 5 February 2016 | FW | 11 | Morten Beck Andersen | Hobro IK |
| 22 March 2016 | DF | 2 | Morten Beck | SønderjyskE |
| 19 April 2016 | MF | 20 | Denis Fazlagic | Vejle Boldklub |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 October 2015 | FW | 9 | Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson | Víkingur Ó | |
| 15 October 2015 | DF | 2 | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | Stjarnan | |
| 12 November 2015 | MF | 8 | Jónas Guðni Sævarsson | Keflavík | |
| 5 December 2015 | DF | 3 | Rasmus Christiansen | Valur | |
| 27 January 2016 | FW | 19 | Søren Frederiksen | Viborg FF | |
| 3 February 2016 | MF | 11 | Almarr Ormarsson | KA | |
| 15 February 2016 | FW | 7 | Gary Martin | Víkingur R. | |
| 3 March 2016 | DF | 4 | Gonzalo Balbi Lorenzo | | Left by Mutual Consent |

### Loans out

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | To Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 March 2016 | 16 October 2016 | DF | | Leifur Þorbjarnarson | KV |
| 6 April 2016 | 16 October 2016 | GK | 12 | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson | Stjarnan |
| 21 April 2016 | 16 October 2016 | MF | 29 | Júlí Karlsson | Grótta |

## Pre-season

### Reykjavík Cup

KR took part in the 2016 Reykjavík Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs from Reykjavík.

The team played in Group A along with Leiknir R., Víkingur R., ÍR and Fylkir. KR finished fourth in the group with 6 points and did not make the semi-finals.

| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 January 2016 | Group stage | Víkingur R. | Egilshöll | 2–3 | Pálmi Rafn 9' Aron Bjarki 82'(pen.) |
| 20 January 2016 | Group stage | Fylkir | Egilshöll | 1–0 | Hólmbert Aron 92' |
| 24 January 2016 | Group stage | Leiknir R. | Egilshöll | 1–5 | Axel S. 20' |
| 29 January 2016 | Group stages | ÍR | Egilshöll | 5–1 | Gary Martin 8' 30' Ástbjörn Þ. 39' M. Præst 54' Pálmi Rafn 66' |

### Fótbolti.net Cup

KR took part in the 2016 Fótbolti.net Tournament, a pre-season tournament held in January each year.

The team played in Group A along with ÍA, FH and Þróttur R. KR finished top of the group with 9 points and went through to the final.

KR played ÍBV in the final and lost the match 1–2 with Guðmundur Andri scoring KR's only goal.

| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 January 2016 | Group stage | FH | Fífan | 2–1 | Gary Martin 77' Almarr O. 90' |
| 12 January 2016 | Group stage | Þróttur R. | Egilshöll | 2–0 | Guðmundur Andri 8' 64' |
| 23 January 2016 | Group stage | ÍA | Akraneshöllin | 4–2 | Pámi Rafn 23' Almarr O. 26' Óskar Örn 45' Guðmundur Andri 91' |
| 1 February 2016 | Final | ÍBV | Egilshöll | 1–2 | Guðmundur Andri 79' |

## Lengjubikarinn

KR played in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn. They were drawn in Group 3 along with ÍA, Víkingur R., Haukar, HK and Grindavík. KR finished second in the group behind Víkingur R. with 10 points and went through to the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals KR played Fylkir who had topped group 2. After a goalless first half KR killed the game off with three goals in a span off 16 minutes in the second half. Morten Beck Andersen opened the scoring in the 50th minute with Óskar Örn doubling the lead in the 57th minute. Morten Beck Andersen then scored his second goal of the night making it 3–0 in the 66th minute.

KR played Keflavík in the semi-finals. KR maintained their good goal scoring form from the quarter-finals and won the game convincingly 4–0. Morten Beck Andersen again scored a brace with Hólmbert Aron and Indriði scoring one each.

On 21 April, KR won the Lengjubikarinn after a 2–0 win against Víkingur R. After a goalless first half Óskar Örn opened the scoring with a headed goal right after the break. He then doubled the scoring with a wonderful shot from his own half over Víkingur's goalkeeper. This was KR's 6th league cup.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Úrvalsdeild

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FH (C) | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Fjölnir | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 37 | |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |

* ↑ Valur qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Icelandic Cup.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | L | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Summary of results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 29 May 2016. Source: KSÍ

### Points breakdown

* Points at home: 8
* Points away from home: 1
* 6 Points:
* 4 Points:
* 3 Points:
* 2 Points:
* 1 Point:
* 0 Points:

## Borgunarbikarinn

KR came into the Icelandic Cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 3rd round. The team was drawn against Selfoss who play in the 1. deild karla. KR lost the game 1–2 after extra-time. KR took the lead in the through Denis Fazlagic header on the 61st minute but Selfoss fought back and managed to equalise the game on the 72nd minute. KR had plenty of possession and created many chances but did not manage to find the winning goal so the game went to extra time were Selfoss scored the only goal on the 116th minute and went through to the 4th round, round of 16. This was the first time that KR had been defeated in the 3rd round of the Icelandic Cup.

## Squad statistics

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

    As of match played 29 May 2016

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Europe | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | 22 | Óskar Örn Hauksson | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Morten Beck Andersen | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Finnur Orri Margeirsson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 16 | Indriði Sigurðsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | Denis Fazlagic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 2 | Morten Beck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 7 | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Kennie Chopart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Goalkeeping

Includes all competitive matches.

    As of match played 29 May 2016

| Pos. | No. | Player | Games Played | Clean Sheets (%) | Goals Against |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GK | 1 | Stefán Logi Magnússon | 14 | 7 (50%) | 11 |
| GK | 13 | Sindri Snær Jensson | 2 | 0 (0%) | 1 |

### Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. Numbers in parentheses are sub-appearances.

    As of match played 29 May 2016

| No. | Pos. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Europe | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Stefán Logi Magnússon | 6 | 1 | 6 (1) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | DF | Morten Beck | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | DF | Ástbjörn Þórðarson | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Michael Præst | 5 (1) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | DF | Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | DF | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | MF | Finnur Orri Margeirsson | 4 (1) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | FW | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson | 4 (1) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | MF | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | FW | Morten Beck Andersen | 3 (3) | 1 | 5 (2) | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | GK | Sindri Snær Jensson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | Indriði Sigurðsson | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | FW | Kennie Chopart | 3 (2) | (1) | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | DF | Aron Bjarki Jósepsson | (1) | 1 | 4 (4) | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | MF | Denis Fazlagic | 4 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | MF | Atli Hrafn Andrason | 1 (2) | (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | MF | Óskar Örn Hauksson | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 23 | FW | Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Valtýr Már Michaelsson | 2 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 8 |
| 28 | MF | Óliver Dagur Thorlacius | 0 | 0 | (5) | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | FW | Axel Sigurðarson | (1) | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 9 |
| | DF | Kjartan Franklín Magnús | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | MF | Júlí Karlsson | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | 2 |
| | DF | Leifur Þorbjarnarson | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary

Includes all competitive matches.

    As of match played 29 May 2016

| No. | Pos. | Player | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | MF | Michael Præst | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Finnur Orri Margeirsson | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Morten Beck Andersen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Indriði Sigurðsson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Kennie Chopart | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Denis Fazlagic | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Atli Hrafn Andrason | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Valtýr Már Michaelsson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Kjartan Franklín Magnús | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Squad Stats

Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.

| | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Games played | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| Games won | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 (50%) |
| Games drawn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (29%) |
| Games lost | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (21%) |
| Goals scored | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| Goals conceded | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Clean sheets | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Yellow cards | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: 29 May 2016 Source:

